Leinen eest Kashiikija 3

Leinen eest Kashiikija 3 (A Song for Kashykia) will be the third of the Leinen eest Kashiikija, the national selection event to determine the artist who will represent Kashykia in the Maia Song Contest. It will be hosted in Vantaar, in the Kombank Arena. The contest will consist of 8 songs, and the winner will represent Kashykia in the Maia Song Contest 3. The winner will be determined by televote from each of the eight regions of Kashykia which will be combined together into four groups - each with two regions. Each region group will award 12, 10, 8, 6, 3 and 1 points to the participants based on their televoting ranking in each region. Furthermore the jury results from 10 (originally 8) countries will be added to the televoting score and country with the highest score will the representative of Kashykia. The winner of Leinen eest Kashiikija 3 will compete in the next edition of Maia Song Contest. Sirusho, the representative of Kashykia in the previous Maia Song Contest will open the show and The Hardkiss from Arkaystia as well as Lindsey Stirling from Uslye will perform their entries to the previous Maia Song Contest for the interval act. Arkaystia as they received 12 points from the Kashyk televote and Uslye as they won the contest and received 10 points from Kashykia too. The winner was announced on the 1st of September and was won by the girl group KeshYou with 139. Jelena Tomasevic placed second for the second year in a row.

Returning Artists
This edition of Leinen eest Kashiikija will feature 3 returning artists who competed in previous editions of the contest. Kristina, who performed in the first edition of 1 finishing 4th, Jelena Tomasevic who participated in the second edition of 2 finishing second behind Sirusho and finally past winner of the contest and Maia Song Contest runner up Zhanar Dugalova, however she will participate in girl group KeshYou. All artists will perform different songs to their previous appearances in the contest.